Tetracycline resistance genes acquired at birth

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 447-451

  Alicea Serrano, Angela M ^a   Contreras, Mónica ^b   Magris, Magda ^c   Hidalgo, Glida ^c   Dominguez Bello, Maria G ^a,d  

^a University of Puerto Rico at Ponce   (Puerto Rico)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c Amazonic Center for the Research and Control of Tropical Diseases (CAICET)   (Venezuela)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Cesarean section; Newborn; Tetracycline; Vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE GENE; TET(M) GENE; TET(O) GENE; TET(Q) GENE; TET(W) GENE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BACTERIA; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MECONIUM; METAGENOME; MOUTH; PARTURITION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; VAGINA;

EID: 84880239648     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-012-0864-4     Document Type: Article

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